13 Bible Verses about Body Of Christ
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So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and the members for one another.
Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
From whom all the body fitted together and joined together by every touch of the expenditure, according to the energy in measure of one of each part, makes the increase of the body to the building up of itself in love.
Wherefore coming into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering then wouldest not, but a body hast thou adjusted to me:
For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:
For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
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Church » Body of Christ » Precious
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;
And Jehovah their God saved them in that day as the sheep of his people: for the stones of consecration, lifting themselves up in his land.
He will find him in the land of the desert, In a waste howling desolation: He will encompass him about; he will teach him, He will keep him as the pupil of the eye.
Church » Body of Christ » Called the body of Christ
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
And not having power over the Head, from whom all the body, by all the senses of touch and connections furnished and joined together, increases with the increase of God.
For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:
So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and the members for one another.
Church » Body of Christ » Government of
Except as God divided to each, as the Lord has called each, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.
And if any hunger, let him eat in the house; lest ye come together for judgment. And the rest when I come I will regulate.
For it seemed fitting to the Holy Spirit, and to us, for no more burden to be put upon you but the necessities of these;
(And if any know not to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Church » Body of Christ » Compared to a building
According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise chief-architect, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon. And let each see how he builds upon.
In whom all the building fitted together increases into a holy temple in the Lord:
And I say to thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church; and the gates of hell shall not overcome her.
And ye yourselves are built, as living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to bring up spiritual sacrifice; acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Church » Body of Christ
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
And placed all things under his, feet, and gave him head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
Names » Of the church » Body of Christ
So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and the members for one another.
Titles and names of the church » Body of Christ
And placed all things under his, feet, and gave him head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
Topics on Body Of Christ
Body Of Christ, Physical Body
John 1:14And the Word was flesh, and dwelt with us, (and we beheld his glory, as the glory of the only born of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Body Of Christ, Physical Death
John 19:31-37Then the Jews, that the bodies remain not upon the cross in the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for great was the day of that sabbath,) asked Pilate that their legs be broken, and they be taken away.
Body Of Christ, Physical Suffering
Matthew 27:26Then he loosed to them Barabbas: and having scourged Jesus, delivered him up, that, he might be crucified.
Body Of Christ, Symbolized
Matthew 26:26And they eating, Jesus, having taken the bread and praised, brake and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.